Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
AdultsFilmMarketingEntertainment...Grab your wands, wizards - we're heading to 1920s New York City.
If You Think Fireworks Are Just Loud Booms And Explosions, Think Again
AdultsTechnologyVisual DesignScience...Pyrotechnics display from Kuwana, Japan.
Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain
AdultsFoodGadgetsCultureAnthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to Olympia, Washington to see firsthand how master bladesmith, Bob Kramer crafts the perfect kitchen knife from melted meteorite. Kramer is one of only one hundred twenty-two certified master bladesmiths in the U.S. and the only one who specializes in forging the word's finest kitchen knives.
Four sisters in Ancient Rome - Ray Laurence
AdultsHistorySocietyCulture...How did the young, wealthy women of Ancient Rome spend their days? Meet Domitia and her sister Domitia and her sister Domitia and her sister Domitia. Ray Laurence sketches the domestic life of leisure that these young girls lived, despite little recorded information on women from this otherwise well-documented era.
The Day of the Dead (Official)
AdultsCultureFamilyReligionDay of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and acknowledged around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.
Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact - Michael Molina
AdultsHistorySocietyCulture...The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying details. So, how did we arrive at the popular image we know, love and fear today? And what truly makes a vampire...a vampire? Michael Molina digs up the science and the superstition.
Sand Mandala Time Lapse
AdultsArtCreativityReligion...Traditionally it is believed that simply viewing a mandala and the symbols associated with it brings blessings of love, compassion and well-being to all. "Om Mani Padme Hum" is the mantra associated with this particular mandala - the mantra of compassion with the mandala of compassion.
The TRUTH About GHOSTS!
AdultsHistorySpiritualityMythology...In folklore, mythology, and modern media such as literary fiction, a ghost (sometimes known as a spectre [British English] or specter [American English], phantom, apparition, spirit, spook, or haunt) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.
Can you solve the bridge riddle?
AdultsCreativityCultureGaming...Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies...fast. Can you use math to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how.